Favorite dates!??

Tomorrow I'm going to be ordering from seven hot dates and I was just wondering which date has the sweetest most sugary flavor? what's your favorite and why

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Permalink Reply by Rufassa on October 2, 2011 at 1:24pm

Barhi

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fossgreen on October 2, 2011 at 1:58pm

Khadrawy! Wet, super sweet. Halawis are wet too, but not quite as rich and gooey feeling. They're all out of barhi, but those kicked arse too.

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Permalink Reply by Emily ♥ on October 2, 2011 at 2:18pm

My faves are Khadrawi and Honey. Both very sweet. Khadrawi is a bit more gooey with a deeper taste, but the Honeys are so good and still pretty wet. I like them equally. I ordered a box split between the two, and I'm a happy camper right now.

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Permalink Reply by michael houck on October 2, 2011 at 2:25pm

alright thanks I would have gotten the Bahri but they are out of them right now. I guess I'll go with the split box of khadrawy and honeys! thanks guys

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Permalink Reply by Diane L on October 2, 2011 at 2:44pm

I "just" got their "foursome" - a sampler of all four they have right now in a five pound box. I got those two you just mentioned, which I LOVE. I also love their Medjools. The Halawis are fine but only half as good as the other three, in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Rawphael on October 2, 2011 at 4:10pm

i just got a 5lb box of the Honey's. They are really sweet and probably every 10th date is gooey wet (but very tasty). Slightly off topic, can I just leave these dates in the box they came in from Bautista or should I put em in an airtight container? Or should I refridge em?

thx.

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Permalink Reply by Diane L on October 2, 2011 at 11:35pm

I wouldn't leave them in that box. Some type of plastic container which is airtight would be best I think. Just make sure the container is clean.

I put mine in Ziplock bags which has worked well, but it would be more ecological to use a reusable plastic airtight container.

It's a balancing act between avoiding their getting moldy and keeping them as delicious as possible. They are most delicious not being refrigerated but they can get moldy when left out. And since each group of dates have traveled a different path and sometimes you don't know where they've been before that and how long they have been sitting around somewhere (not the case with 7hotdates) - it's a judgement call each time.

Since I don't have much storage space outside the frig left at this moment I just put them all in the frig when I got them from 7hotdates - I also wanted to be on the safe side. But you could experiment with leaving some out and some in and see how they do. Usually dates are sold unrefrigerated so they obviously can do OK out of the frig.

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Permalink Reply by HealthySkinnyBeautiful-TashaLee on October 3, 2011 at 5:43am

thanks for this explanation. we left some out, some on the shelf, some in the box...saw a variety of results. good explanation for why. :)

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Permalink Reply by 100datesaday on October 2, 2011 at 5:40pm

I am just having fresh and juicy Medjool dates, 43gr. each... OMG!!!

For me it's more about the freshness then about the variety.

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Permalink Reply by Rudy on October 3, 2011 at 12:01am

Barhi and Khadrawy. This year I will try a sampler of The Date People's peanut butter dates. I missed out on them last year and I have heard nothing but good reviews.